In Surprised by the Power of the Holy Spirit (p. 187), Jack Deere writes the following: "It took me too long to learn that knowing the Bible is not the same as knowing God, loving the Bible is not the same thing as loving God, and reading the Bible is not the same thing as hearing God. The Pharisees knew the Bible, loved the Bible, and read the Bible, but they did not know, love, or hear God."

How would you respond to that statement ? and above all, how do you go about knowing God, loving Him and hearing Him?